Since the agreement late last month numerous reports have mentioned scouts with questions about Gonzalez’s elbow. He had bone spurs removed from his elbow sometime within the past two years, although it has been written he had made a full recovery.

No official word from the team on anything about this situation, obviously, but this would simply be the latest bummer in a season full of them. Or perhaps it could be viewed as a positive for the organization in terms of not tying up $50 million in a player with less than a 100% clean bill of health.